1979 Carolina Open

The 1979 North Carolina Open Checker Tournament
 held  on July 5^th thru 7^th  at Tomahawk Motel in Ahoskie, NC
(Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

Elbert Lowder of Sanford wins his 16^th NC State Championship (6W-0L-1D)

Class A Division - 3Move - 7 Rounds of Swiss - 4 Games per Round (winner takes all)

Finish	Op	Players		Rd 1		Rd 2		Rd 3		Rd 4		Rd 5		Rd 6		Rd 7		match	honor	Cash
Position	No	Name	State	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	Pts	Pts	Prize
1	4	Elbert Lowder	NC	4	4/4	9	4/8	11	4/12	2	4/16	11	4/20	3	4/24	2	2/26	26		$90.00
2	2	Les Balderson	VA	11	4/4	3	2/6	6	4/10	5	0/10	4	4/14	9	4/18	5	2/20	20		55.00
3	4	Tim Laverty	NC	5	0/0	bye	4/4	3	2/6	10	4/10	2	0/10	11	4/14	1	4/18	18		35.00
4	3	B.T. Jones	NC	8	4/4	2	2/6	4	2/8	9	2/10	1	4/14	5	0/14	6	2/16	16		25.00
5	11	King D. Williams	NC	2	0/0	10	4/4	7	4/8	1	2/10	5	0/10	4	0/10	9	4/14	14	102	15.00
6	1	Ron Bailey	IN	bye	4/4	6	4/8	5	0/8	11	2/10	3	0/10	7	4/14	4	0/14	14	96	10.00
7	6	EG "Everett" McQueen	SC	10	4/4	1	0/4	2	0/4	7	2/6	9	2/8	8	4/12	3	2/14	14	86
8	9	Angus M Simpson	NC	7	4/4	5	0/4	8	4/8	3	2/10	6	2/12	2	0/12	11	0/12	12	108
9	10	B.W. "Beril" Smith	VA	6	0/0	11	0/0	bye	4/4	4	0/4	8	0/4	bye	4/8	7	4/12	12	68
10	8	Bernard L Ross	NC	3	0/0	7	0/0	9	0/0	bye	4/4	10	4/8	6	0/8	bye	4/12	12	64
11	7	Phelps		9	0/0	8	4/4	11	0/4	6	2/6	bye	4/10	1	0/10	10	0/10	10
																			Total	$230.00

B.W. "Belton" Jones of Gastonia wins the Class B Division NC State Championship (6W-0L-0D & bye)

Class B Division - 3Move -7 Rounds of Swiss - 4 Games per Round (winner takes all)

Finish	Op	Players		Rd 1		Rd 2		Rd 3		Rd 4		Rd 5		Rd 6		Rd 7		match	honor	Cash
Position	No	Name	State	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	vs	Pts	Pts	Pts	Prize
1	5	B.W. "Belton" Jones	NC	11	4/4	12	4/8	4	4/12	1	4/16	2	4/20	3	4/24	bye	4/28	28		$50.00
2	1	W.E."Ed" Allen	NC	2	4/4	14	4/8	7	4/12	5	0/12	6	2/14	10	4/18	6	2/20	20		40.00
3	6	Cecil Lowe	NC	3	0/0	9	4/4	10	2/6	12	4/10	1	2/12	2	4/16	1	2/18	18	98	17.50
4	4	Raleigh Johnson	NC	10	2/2	11	4/6	5	0/6	3	0/6	15	4/10	14	4/14	8	4/18	18	96	17.50
5	3	W H "Harvey" Griffin	NC	6	4/4	10	2/6	2	0/6	4	4/10	8	4/14	5	0/14	10	2/16	16	108	10.00
6	2	D. L. Askew	NC	1	0/0	13	4/4	3	4/8	7	4/12	5	0/12	6	0/12	15	4/16	16	106	10.00
7	10	Merle C .Vaughan	NC	4	2/2	3	2/4	6	2/6	14	4/10	11	4/14	1	0/14	3	2/16	16	102	10.00
8	14	R.G."Robert" Whitley	NC	8	4/4	1	0/4	15	2/6	10	0/6	7	4/10	4	0/10	13	4/14	14	94	10.00
9	7	Clinton C. Pickard	NC	bye	4/4	15	4/8	1	0/8	2	0/8	14	0/8	13	2/10	12	4/14	14	84	10.00
10	8	James H."Sawmil" Sipe	NC	14	0/0	bye	4/4	12	4/8	15	2/10	3	0/10	11	4/14	4	0/14	14	74	10.00
11	15	Stanley Winborne	NC	13	4/4	7	0/4	14	2/6	8	2/8	4	0/8	12	2/10	2	2/12	12	88	5.00
12	11	Frank Walls	NC	5	0/0	4	0/0	13	4/4	9	4/8	10	0/8	8	0/8	9	4/12	12	82	5.00
13	13	J. R. White	NC	15	0/0	2	0/0	11	0/0	bye	4/4	9	4/8	7	2/10	14	2/12	12	66	5.00
14	12	McCoy White	NC	9	4/4	5	0/4	8	0/4	6	0/4	bye	4/8	15	2/10	7	0/10	10		5.00
15	9	Eugene Stephenson	NC	12	0/0	6	0/0	bye	4/4	11	0/4	13	0/4	bye	4/8	11	0/8	8		5.00
																			Total	$210.00

• Total 26 participants, and Total Cash Prize $440.00 in addition to nice door prizes from local merchants. 
• This was Eugene Stephenson's first state tournament, a 12 year old from Murfreesboro, NC.
• The tournament organizers/promoters Cecil Lowe & Clint Pickard gave out flyers offering a give-away of 10 gallons of free gasoline to all attending players.
• Tim Laverty was Scorekeeper.
• Several good newspaper articles written about tournament.
• Crosstable was copied from original 2x4 tourney poster-board but listed in finish position instead of alphabetical.